www.bbc.com Horses loose in London latest: Blood on road and smashed vehicles after horses tear through city - BBC News
Several soldiers and horses are injured after five threw off their riders near Buckingham Palace and raced through London.
A 2021 survey by the Public Religion Research Institute found that 23% of Republicans believe that “the government, media and financial worlds in the U.S. are controlled by a group of Satan-worshipping pedophiles.”
I'm torn between thinking "Well, Marx didn't think of that" and "it's predictable that during the death throes of hypercapitalism the proletariat may get a bit fuzzy-headed."
Similar. I'd guess it was something like ctrl-z; ps -e vi; kill -9 procnum on a vt100 terminal.
Nah, they just can't spell truth.
Considering that her husband's on SNL, ot could happen.
ESR: "Every good work of software starts by scratching a developer's personal itch."
Holy shit, I laughed audibly at a meme!
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/RonReagan - whose father paved the way for the Bush/Trump syphilis parade
I've always low-key blamed Trump (and his minions) on lead poisoning - paint, exhaust from leaded gasoline, old pipes & so forth. I suppose there's some portion that's explained by inbreeding. But, I guess some portion of the phenomenon could also be explained by uncooked pork products....
...because corporations are people? Blegh.
Whenever I try, I get Ravi Bhatia screaming "How can she slap?!"
I read Nikki Haley as Kristi Noem, and frowned at this headline in confusion.
I'm a minimalist- no nightstand.
That horse has a tan cot.
Stop posting this embarrassing shit. Pick up a shovel and fill the fucking potholes that are destroying my car.
Orions are demonstrably mammals, but unfortunately fictional.
My solution is good $100 custom inserts and Red Wings. Cleared up plantar fasciitis, Achilles tendonitis, and a number of leg/back problems. I think the inserts were more important than the Red Wings, but they are a quality boot.
You're forgetting the pre-Web internet: 99% students & academics. It was largely awesome. When you did get trolled, it was by someone who could spell and form a cohesive argument.
That sense of relief when you check which community a post is in.
Please turn off science
3 or 4 spam "Buy Phloboxidril Now In Your Area" posts per day were tolerable. 20 to 50 aren't. I know I could block the magazine, but I'm just one of the many who are subjected to it.
E2a: a day later I blocked science, only to find that askKbin also suffers from this spam
The DA figured it out: if you want to shut Trump up, just show him your Pecker.
www.newsweek.com Freedom Caucus' new 'FART' team sparks avalanche of jokes, memes
The House Freedom Caucus has reportedly deployed its Floor Action Response Team (FART), triggering a wave of jokes and memes online.
www.cnbc.com OpenAI's ChatGPT back online after 'major' outage
ChatGPT, OpenAI's viral chatbot was down and citing "high error rates" for the tool's more than 100 million weekly active users.
theconversation.com Luminous 'mother-of-pearl' clouds explain why climate models miss so much Arctic and Antarctic warming
Back when there were Arctic alligators and turtles, ‘polar stratospheric clouds’ kept their world warm. Research suggests these clouds contribute to the ‘missing warming’ in climate models.
news.un.org Israel-Palestine crisis: UN humanitarians plead for ‘access, access, access’
A month since Hamas militants killed 1,400 people in Israel, taking over 240 hostage, and as the Israeli offensive into Gaza continues which has led to thousands of civilian deaths, UN humanitarians on Tuesday issued a heartfelt appeal for access to the enclave.
www.theguardian.com EPA to push ban of toxic chemical found in US drinking water
The EPA had strong limits on its use until the Trump administration reversed them; now the agency wants to ban it
www.thedailybeast.com Alabama Mayor Kills Self After Right-Wing Blog Outs His Cross-Dressing
Bubba Copeland shot himself in front of police on Friday, days after he begged 1819 News not to expose his private life.
www.reuters.com OpenAI to make models cheaper, more powerful in its first developer conference
ChatGPT maker OpenAI is expected to announce product enhancements that will make its AI models cheaper, with more functionality, in its first-ever developer conference on Monday.
www.cnbc.com Jeff Bezos urged Amazon to flood search results with junk ads, FTC alleges
Amazon's ads strategy helped pump its profits while steering shoppers to higher-priced goods, the agency alleges.
www.cnn.com Health misinformation and lack of confidence in vaccines continue to grow, years after the Covid-19 pandemic, survey shows | CNN
Vaccine misinformation, which first began spiraling during the Covid-19 pandemic, has grown in the United States in the years since, according to a new survey from the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania.
Vaccine misinformation, which first began spiraling during the Covid-19 pandemic, has grown in the United States in the years since, according to a new survey from the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania.
www.cnbc.com Uber, Lyft to pay $328 million to settle wage-theft allegations in New York state
In addition to a financial settlement, Uber and Lyft agreed to ongoing changes in how they pay drivers and offer benefits in New York state
www.vice.com One Regulation Could Have Stopped a Nationwide Car Theft Wave. Why Don't We Have It?
In 2007, Canada started requiring all vehicles to have a cheap, effective anti-theft device. The U.S. didn't. Now, it is paying the price with a surge in Kia and Hyundai thefts.
www.theguardian.com ‘Disturbing’: US infant mortality rises at highest rate in 20 years
CDC data shows rate rose 3% last year but experts say they are not sure why statistic that has been falling should have risen sharply
www.theguardian.com Virginia admits thousands of voters wrongly purged days before election
Voting rights groups decry error days before elections that will determine which party controls the state legislature
www.reuters.com Alliance of 40 countries to vow not to pay ransom to cybercriminals, US says
Forty countries in a U.S.-led alliance plan to sign a pledge never to pay ransom to cybercriminals and to work toward eliminating the hackers' funding mechanism, a senior White House official said on Tuesday.
Facing a strong economy, Fed puzzles over how to slow it down
Officials are trying to understand why consumer spending, the job market and overall growth have not responded to the most aggressive interest rates in decades.
www.reuters.com Mike Pence, former vice president, drops out of Republican presidential campaign
Former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence ended his cash-strapped presidential campaign on Saturday, after struggling for months to convince Republican voters he was the best alternative to the man he once served with unswerving loyalty, Donald Trump.
With an uncertain future, will Disney pull off yet another magic trick?
www.reuters.com Disney’s 100 years: Meeting change with innovation
As Walt Disney Studios turns 100, investors worry it's beginning to show its age. But adapting to the times is not a new challenge for the company.
Walt Disney's share price has dropped to its lowest level in nearly nine years as the company struggles in the age of streaming, causing concern among investors. Throughout its history, Disney has adapted to new technologies and challenges, from embracing sound and color in the early days to later embracing computer-generated animation. Now, as the company turns 100, it faces the challenge of streaming and investors are closely watching how Disney will navigate this new landscape.
www.theguardian.com UN finds further evidence of Russian war crimes in Ukraine
Report points to ‘wilful killing, torture, rape and other sexual violence, and the deportation of children to the Russian Federation’
